The CANCER site is a full-text, electronic implementation of CANCER, an Interdisciplinary International Journal of the American Cancer Society, and CANCER CYTOPATHOLOGY, a Journal of the American Cancer Society. The print and online versions of the journal are published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Published for the American Cancer Society by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The site offers access to current issues since 1997 of CANCER including CANCER CYTOPATHOLOGY in HTML format, with embedded links to figures and tables, as well as CrossRef TM links, which take users to cited articles that may have been published by a different publisher. There is unrestricted access to tables of contents, abstracts, and general information about CANCER and the CANCER CYTOPATHOLOGY section, as well as to other Wiley journals. The full-text is available to all subscribers following registration .

CANCER publishes interdisciplinary oncologic information according to, but not limited to, the following disease sites and disciplines: blood/bone marrow breast disease endocrine disorders epidemiology gastrointestinal tract genitourinary disease gynecologic oncology head and neck disease hepatobiliary tract integrated medicine lung disease medical oncology neuro-oncology pathology radiation oncology translational research

The National Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society adopted the following mission statement November 9, 1994: "The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives from cancer, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, and service."

CANCER is a peer-reviewed publication of the American Cancer Society integrating scientific information from worldwide sources for all oncologic specialties. The objective of CANCER is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information among oncologic disciplines concerned with the etiology and course of human cancer. CANCER accomplishes this objective by publishing original articles, as well as other scientific and educational documents, that support the mission of the American Cancer Society by facilitating the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the bedside; contributing to cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, cure, and rehabilitation; and diminishing suffering from cancer.

CANCER is pleased to receive original articles related to human cancer including, but not limited to: biologic response modifiers (such as growth factors, interferons, interleukins, lymphotoxins), clinical observations, chemotherapy, clinical trials, detection, epidemiology, ethical issues, etiology, genetics and cytogenetics, imaging, immunology and immunotherapy, oncogenes, pathology and clinicopathologic correlations, prevention, psychosocial studies, radiation therapy, screening, staging, and surgical therapy.

In addition to Original Articles, CANCER publishes other categories including solicited Editorials, Commentaries, Review Articles, and Correspondence. The final decision on publication of a manuscript rests with the Editorial Board and ultimately with the Editor-in-Chief. All papers, regardless of type, represent the opinion of the authors and not necessarily that of the American Cancer Society, the Editors, or the Publisher.